GRE Word List
ENDEMIC
belonging or native to a particular people or country
The meaning of the word endemic is belonging or native to a particular people or country.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| lopsided | leaning to one side |
| headstrong | not easily restrained : impatient of control, advice, or suggestions |
| vivisection | the cutting of or operation on a living animal usually for physiological or pathological investigation |
| forswear | to make a liar of (oneself) under or as if under oath |
| grouse | any of various chiefly ground-dwelling birds (family Tetraonidae) that are usually of reddish-brown or other protective color and have feathered legs and that include many important game birds |
| profane | to treat (something sacred) with abuse, irreverence, or contempt : desecrate |
| addle | rotten |
| mealymouthed | not plain and straightforward : devious |
| addendum | a thing added : addition |
| viscid | having an adhesive quality : sticky |